{"id":173213,"date":"2012-09-12T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/09\/nana-shakes-agona-swedru\/"},"modified":"2012-09-12T13:21:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T13:21:00","slug":"nana-shakes-agona-swedru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/09\/12\/nana-shakes-agona-swedru\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Shakes Agona Swedru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_60144\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft c1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/890anana_swedru.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60144\" title=\"nana_swedru\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/890anana_swedru.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the campaign launch.Inset: Nana Addo introducing Mr. Ato Cudjoe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"c2\">THOUSANDS OF New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters in the Central region on Sunday trooped to the Agona Swedru Roman Catholic School Park to join the party\u2019s flag bearer, Nana Akufo-Addo to launch their 2012 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Participants included NPP First National Vice Chairman, Fred Oware, former Finance Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, National Campaign Manager, Boakye\u00a0Agyarko, former Central Regional Minister, Isaac Edumadze, NPP regional and constituency executives as well as former\u00a0municipal and metropolitan district chief executives.<\/p>\n<p>Launching the campaign, Nana Addo\u00a0expressed concern about the high rate of unemployment in the country and promised to develop the private sector when voted into office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will develop a new industrial economy to reduce unemployment, I will never lie to you and will ensure that all my promises will be fulfilled if God permits me to win the election,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The flag bearer noted that Ghana had a lot of money and natural resources and did not see why the country should be in hardship.<\/p>\n<p>He also promised to revive the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to boost the health sector.<\/p>\n<p>Nana noted that God never created Ghanaians to be impoverished but the country was currently in need due to lack of good leaders to propel it to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agyarko when he took his turn said this year\u2019s election will determine the future of this country hence the need for Ghanaians to vote for Nana Addo who can take them to the promise land.<\/p>\n<p>He said God wanted to bless the country but will only do so when a good person is given the mandate to rule.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that God had taken the kingdom away from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and would surely give it to someone better than them.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign manager stressed the need for Ghanaians to vote for Nana Addo who will ensure peace, reduce unemployment and fight for their rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod has exposed the NDC and NPP will capture power in the upcoming election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Osafo Maafo underscored the need for Ghanaians not to vote for the NDC since President John Mahama was the Chairman of the Economic Management Team and never implemented any policy to stop the depreciation of the cedi.<\/p>\n<p>Former NPP Regional Organizer, Alhaji Gibrine disputed the notion that President Mahama loved Muslims saying he was even shy to be called a Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Nana Addo introduced all the parliamentary candidates in the region to the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From: Sarah Owusu- Darlington, Agona Swedru<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crowd at the campaign launch.Inset: Nana Addo introducing Mr. Ato Cudjoe THOUSANDS OF New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters in the Central region on Sunday trooped to the Agona Swedru Roman Catholic School Park to join the party\u2019s flag bearer, Nana Akufo-Addo to launch their 2012 campaign. 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